{"id":1326,"date":"2010-08-30T20:44:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T03:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2010-08-31T12:59:53","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T19:59:53","slug":"how-much-was-the-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/how-much-was-the-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"How much was the bone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Denis and I went out the other night to an upscale supper club for dinner and to hear some live jazz music. \u00a0I knew it wouldn’t be cheap but neither am I, so we saw the menu and the entrees were in the 20 and 30 dollar range. \u00a0That seemed okay especially with live music. \u00a0Our charming waitress went through the specials and highly recommended the bone-in filet. She said if we like steak, we should definitely try it. \u00a0I like steak so I said okay, but I said it had to be well done for me. \u00a0If it’s pink, I wouldn’t eat it. \u00a0(don’t ask me how many chefs take umbrage with my steak orders!) \u00a0I digress because the doneness was not the biggest problem. \u00a0But it did arrive pink so I asked again for it well done. \u00a0She said they may have to take it off the bone to make that happen and I said, “That’s okay, I wasn’t going to eat the bone.” \u00a0So it finally came well done and it was okay, but not as lean as a filet should be. \u00a0But the music was good and I wasn’t going to complain. \u00a0Then the bill came. \u00a0FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS! Just for my steak! \u00a0I put my glasses on. \u00a0Maybe Denis couldn’t see in the dark and \u00a0it was S4<\/strong> for “S<\/strong>teak \u00a0– cooked F<\/strong>our times as long.” No, it was fifty-four dollars! How much was the steak and how much was the bone? \u00a0Now I had indigestion, not because of the food but because I felt conned. \u00a0In a place like Vibrato Grill & Jazz, you don’t ask how much something costs – how tacky is that? \u00a0I mean Jennifer Tilly was sitting behind us – this was no “eat it and beat it” joint. \u00a0Herb Alpert owns it for God’s sake. \u00a0If he was still alive, I would write to him. \u00a0Oh… I think he is alive. \u00a0But he wasn’t there. Maybe he can’t afford to eat there.<\/p>\n

Things I could have done with that $54.00:<\/p>\n